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Ally McBeal Season 5 Episode 13

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AIRED: 2/18/02

Ally decided that in order for the firm to get out of the financial crisis it's going through, someone will have to be let go. She chooses Jenny, who between all the lawyers of the firm had the least number of clients and experience. Glenn takes Jenny's dismissal offensively and decides to quit, taking all his clients with him. Ally accepts his resignation, but Victor convinces her to hire him back since the firm can't afford to lose any clients. Glenn and Jenny decide to start a new firm together and leave Cage, Fish & McBeal once and for all. Now the other lawyers will have to do extra work to make up for the loss. Among the changes Ally is making on the firm, she wants Nelle to be nicer and asks her to perform at the bar, something she has never done before. Afraid of embarrassing herself, Nelle goes to Ling for help. They decide to have backing vocals, a plan that backfires when the singer who was going to dub Nelle suddenly loses her voice and Elaine has Claire Otoms to replace her. That's right. Claire Otoms is back. This time she wants legal representation because she was fired for sexual harassment from her firm. As the case goes on, Richard starts to see the inner beauty of Claire and decides to hire her as an office assistant. Meanwhile, Ally also has problems at home when Maddie starts asking questions about sex and insists she and Victor demonstrate her what a french kiss is.moreless

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Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal
Greg Germann	Richard Fish
Jane Krakowski	Elaine Vassal
Vonda Shepard	Herself
Portia de Rossi	Nelle Porter
Lucy Liu	Ling Woo

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Bradford English	Marshall Polk	Guest Star
Mark Moses	Attorney Hoover	Guest Star
John Ducey	Polk Company witness	Guest Star
Jon Bon Jovi	Victor Morrison	Recurring Role
Albert Hall	Judge Seymore Walsh	Recurring Role
Renée Elise Goldsberry	Ikette #1	Recurring Role

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- Claire: I've been given a pink slip, and not to wear, I'm afraid!
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- Although credited, Peter MacNicol (John Cage) does not appear in this episode.
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- Featured Music:
  "Please Mr. Postman" by Vonda Shepard & the Ikettes
  "I'm a Woman" by Jane Krakowski and Renee Goldsberry
  "I'm a Woman" by Renee Goldsberry
  "Confetti" by Vonda Shepard
  "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
  "I'm a Woman" by Jane Krakowski, Vonda Shepard & Dame Edna Everage
  "The Glory of Love" by Vonda Shepard
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- Lucy Liu returns for her final appearance as Ling Woo. Julianne Nicholson (Jenny Shaw) and James Marsden (Glenn Foy) also make their final appearance. Their characters were written off the show because ratings crashed this season and DEK thought these two character never really connected with the audience.
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